
There are more martyrs today than in the first ages, but we don’t hear about them because the media doesn’t consider them newsworthy. However, the martyrs and those being persecuted are the Church’s greatest strength… According to Vatican Radio, these messages were at the heart of Pope Francis’ homily during his morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta today, as he invited those in his chapel to remember those suffering martyrdom. “Without memory, there is no hope,” the Pope said, basing his homily on the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews which dealt with other memories, such as that of the great works of the Lord, accomplished by Gideon, Barak, Samson, David, and those “who have done great things in the history of Israel.